Peter van antwerp



PETER VAN ANTWERP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

KEY FOR LOCKS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,923, dated October 25, 1859*.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER VAN ANTwERP, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Keys for Locks;and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan showingthe key with a hole prepared to receive the ring. F ig. 2 is the key andring united ready for use.

All persons who carry keys in the pocket have experienced theinconvenience of the great amount of room they occupy on account of thesize of the bow or ring at the end of the stem of each key, the onlypurpose of which is to give the required leverage for turning the keywhen inserted in the lock.

The object of my invention is to dispense entirely with the usualpermanent bow or ring at the end of the stein, and to this end myinvent-ion consists in making the end of the key-stein with a hole toreceive a ring made as is usually employed to hold together a bunch ofkeys in such manner that such ring in addition to its usual function ofconnecting a series of keys shall answer the purpose of a lever forturning each key of the bunch, thus not only reducing the original costof keys but rendering them much more portable than as heretofore made.

The ring A may be round or oval in form and may be either the ordinarysplit or snap ring for holding keys or of any other suitableconstruction. The hole, B, in the end of the key shank or stem, C,should be made as represented or otherwise so formed that the ring A,when opened can be easily inserted and when a key is inserted in a lockadmit of using the ring as the lever to turn the key and yetsufficiently loose or free when a series of keys are on the ring theymay fold over and pass by each other to occupy t-he least amount ofspace in the pocket.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting my claim to the specific modeof construction above described as they may be varied at pleasure.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-Constructing the stems of keys with a hole near the end instead of theusual permanent bow or ring handle and to be fitted loosely to the usualring for connecting a series of keys and in such manner substantially asdescribed that said connecting ring shall answer the further purpose ofthe usual bow or fixed ring for turning the keys when inserted in thelock, as set forth.

PETER VAN ANTVVERP. Vitnesses:

WM. H. BISHOP, GEO. D. SARGEANT.

